02-20-2023, 06:23 PM
Sorry been out of the loop for over a week due to helpng a recently bereaved friend sort through the paperwork and online processes. Husband (we were undergraduates together 50 odd years ago and our kids grew up together) died suddenly and had done almost everything online but no password notebook.
Anyway, thanks for continuing the discussion. I used "ship?" with the question mark because I am aware of how important waterways were for logistics in other campaigns but could not find anything definitive about the use of the navy in this campaign though Dio does imply it. If planning a major amphibious operation then it seems logical that a general would want warships present to protect the flanks of the invasion force from the threat of tribal ships while the infantry were at their most vulnerable. Or are we saying that the druids and their supporting army had no ships to threaten the landing force or get themselves back and forward to the mainland?
That he built landing craft does not preclude the use of warships and transports it rather increases the likelihood from both operational and logistic points of view.
More later when I have a bit more time.
Anyway, thanks for continuing the discussion. I used "ship?" with the question mark because I am aware of how important waterways were for logistics in other campaigns but could not find anything definitive about the use of the navy in this campaign though Dio does imply it. If planning a major amphibious operation then it seems logical that a general would want warships present to protect the flanks of the invasion force from the threat of tribal ships while the infantry were at their most vulnerable. Or are we saying that the druids and their supporting army had no ships to threaten the landing force or get themselves back and forward to the mainland?
That he built landing craft does not preclude the use of warships and transports it rather increases the likelihood from both operational and logistic points of view.
More later when I have a bit more time.
Alan
Lives in Caledonia not far from the Antonine Wall.
Lives in Caledonia not far from the Antonine Wall.
